10個美劇中典型的口語錯誤表達
No.1 it’s no good to do / it’s no good doing
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× It’s no good to complain about your life all the time if you don’t do anything about it.
√ It’s no good complaining about your life all the time if you don’t do anything about it.
整天抱怨生活，卻又不採取什麼行動，可沒什麼好處！
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1. it’s no good + doing，意爲“做某事沒什麼好處”。
2. 談到complain，還有兩個表示“抱怨”的詞在口語中也相當常用：bitching和nagging。它們均表示“抱怨”和“數落”。
例：William’s wife kept nagging at him.
William的太太整天在他耳邊嘮叨。
No.2 be open to / be open with / be frank with
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× I’ll be open to you. You have to stop bitching.
× I’ll be open with you. You have to stop bitching.
√ I’ll be frank with you. You have to stop bitching.
我坦白告訴你，你得停止嘮叨了。
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1. be open to 向……開放
例：The library is open to the public.
圖書館向公衆開放。
2. be open with 以誠相待
例：As good friends, we must be open with each other.
作爲好朋友，我們應該彼此坦誠相待。
3. be frank with與be honest with相近，指“坦率的，不委婉的”。
例：To be frank with you, you suck!
跟你說實話吧，你真噁心！
No.3 cheat / cheat on
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× Jack was heartbroken because his girlfriend cheated him.
√ Jack was heartbroken because his girlfriend cheated on him.
因爲女朋友不忠，Jack很傷心。
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1. cheat someone (out of something) 意思是“騙取某人財物”，cheat在這裏是及物動詞。
例：She cheated her customers by overcharging them.
她通過多收費來欺騙顧客。
2. 表示“對配偶不忠”應該用cheat on a spouse，這裏的cheat是不及物動詞。
3. cheat in an exam意爲“考試作弊”。
4. 在美國口語中，cheat還有一種調皮的用法： cheat on death，意爲“撿回一條命
No.4 healthy / well / better
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× I hope you’ll be healthy soon.
√ hope you’ll be well soon.
√ I hope you’ll get better soon.
希望你早日康復。
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1. healthy作表語時，常表示“有益於健康的”。
例：Eating breakfast is healthy.
吃早飯有益健康。
2. 而形容人身體狀況，一般用短語 in good/poor health，這裏的health是不可數名詞。
例：Health, wealth and happiness.
健康，財富和幸福。
3. “You’ll be healthy soon.”比較拗口，不符合英美人的說話習慣。well作表語意爲“健康的，精神很好的”。
例：You look so well.
你看上去氣色不錯。
No.5 rubbish mail / junk mail
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rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ]
junk [dʒʌŋk]
× It really bothers me to get so much rubbish mail every day.
√ It really bothers me to get so much junk mail every day.
每天都收到這麼多垃圾郵件讓我很心煩。
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1. rubbish雖然也是“垃圾”的意思，但“垃圾郵件”一般用固定短語junk mail，包括flyers（傳單）、ads（各類促銷廣告）、store catalogues（商品目錄雜誌）等。
2. 如果你不喜歡收到垃圾郵件, 可以在信箱上貼“no junk mails please”，還是挺管用的。此外，垃圾食品是junk food，現在很多女生都力主減肥，拒絕junk food。在這裏給廣大女性同胞提供一個減肥妙方：The only thing you gotta do is drinking much tomato juice before each .6 in fashion
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× Is this style in the fashion?
√ Is this style in fashion?
這個樣式時髦嗎？
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1 in fashion = in the latest fashion，表示“流行的，時髦的”，也可簡稱爲in。
例：Is this style in?
這樣式時髦嗎？
2 與in相反的當然是out，意指“過時的”。
例：This style is out.
這樣式過時了。
No.7 reduce / save
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× I reduced money on the newspaper.
√ I saved money on the newspaper.
我省了不少訂報紙的錢。
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reduce的意思是“減少”，save表示“節省，省下”。
例：I need to reduce my expense on clothing.
我得減少買衣服的開支。
例：I saved 20 bucks buying that dress at a 25% discount.
那件裙子打75折，讓我省了20美元。
No.8 payment / pay
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（Will想進一步說明自己對薪水的看法。）
× I would like to have a decent payment, but I’m not too concerned with that.
√ I would like to have a decent pay, but I’m not too concerned about that.
我希望有一個好的薪酬，不過我並不太過關注這些。
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1. payment意爲“支付；金額”等。
例：（你在電話裏訂購了商品，對方會問：）
What’s your method of payment today?
請問你要採用哪種付款方式？
例：I received a large payment from the government after they laid me off.
我被裁員後，收到了政府一大筆失業保險金。
而pay纔是“薪水，工資”的意思。
例： I stayed in that stressful job for the good pay.
我現在工作壓力很大，我還是要幹下去，因爲這裏工資高。
2. 單位的“薪水冊”叫作payroll，“薪資部門”叫payroll department。
例：I’ll put you on my payroll.
我會付給你薪水。
No.9 washing / laundry
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× I need to have my suit cleaned. Do you have a washing service?
√ I need to have my suit cleaned. Do you have a laundry service?
我的套裝需要清洗，你們有洗衣服務嗎？
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旅館裏清洗衣物的服務叫laundry service或laundry and cleaning service，包括machine wash（機洗）和dry clean（乾洗）。
No.10 delay / postpone
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postpone [poʊˈspoʊn]
× Because of the bad weather, the game was delayed for a week.
√ Because of the bad weather, the game was postponed for a week.
因天氣欠佳，比賽延期一週。
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1. delay指“比預先約定的時間晚到”。至於“延期”，我們得用postpone。
例：The arrival of the flight was delayed.
飛機晚點了。
2. 值得注意的是，在美語中，一般用game來取代match。
例：I love watching baseball games. (美國、加拿大使用)
我喜歡看棒球比賽。
例：I enjoy watching football matches. (英國使用)
我喜歡看足球比賽。
